Unknown QBs can challenge Bengals, too

Summary of 3 articles · Updated Oct 13, 2013

It isn't much of a stretch to say that most of the time the Bengals have played against an unknown quarterback since 2006, they have struggled. Sunday, when the Bengals travel to Buffalo, they hope to keep from adding another relative quarterbacking unkno… (more)wn to that dubious list when Thad Lewis makes just the second start of his four-year tenure in the league. But Mark Gaughan, The Buffalo News' long-time beat reporter who just finished serving as the president of the Pro Football Writers, sees a 10-point win for the Bengals because Lewis won't be able to decipher Bengals defensive coordinator Mike Zimmer. If you know anything about the league, you know that compared to the Tom Bradys, Aaron Rodgerses, Ben Roethlisbergers and Peyton Mannings of the football universe, the mere mention of the former four names doesn't strike quite as much fear into the minds of the defenders facing them.

Unknown QBs have succeeded vs. Bengals

It’s a bit of a strange quirk for the Cincinnati Bengals, not only this season, but in past seasons as well. In 2013 they’ve beaten quarterbacks like Ben Roethlisberger, Aaron Rodgers and Tom Brady. On the other hand they lost to Cleveland’s Brian Hoyer…